Blue Line delayed after person falls on tracks

Person on the tracks

Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune

CTA workers confer at the scene where a person fell onto the tracks at the Kedzie Avenue stop, 530 S. Kedzie Ave., about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Part of the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line was turned off briefly at a West Side "L" stop. The

CTA workers confer at the scene where a person fell onto the tracks at the Kedzie Avenue stop, 530 S. Kedzie Ave., about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Part of the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line was turned off briefly at a West Side "L" stop. The (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune)

By Staff report

Power on part of the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line was turned off briefly this morning after a person fell on the tracks at a West Side "L" stop.

The person fell onto the tracks at the Kedzie Avenue stop, 530 S. Kedzie Ave., about 11:30 a.m. Power was turned off between the Cicero and Medical Center stops on the westbound Blue Line as Chicago Fire Department rescuers removed the person from the tracks, a CTA spokeswoman said.

Power was turned back on and trains were operating again by about 11:50 a.m., according to the CTA.